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"Gifting" extra weight
Since "the season to be jolly" is upon us, I am wondering: IF I am with MFP for 621 days and IF I have recorded faithfully all food and beverages ingested, swallowed and absorbed, and IF I was a good boy and walked and did basic exercise every second day or so and recorded that as well, and IF I would step onto the highly…
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How to weigh food?
Please explain how to weigh my food: raw or cooked? Bone in or out? Portion estimate when I cook for more than one person? When I use a large bowl of (salad, vegetables, stew etc.) over a couple of days? I am sure that there are guidelines somewhere on MFP, but where? Thank you so much for your help. (600 days on MFP, 44…
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Salad dressing with a difference
Used for fresh fish sushi style on top of mixed salad - but also works very well with grilled chicken etc: Fresh ginger, garlic, fresh chilies - put through food processor. Add soy sauce, a little sesame seed oil and toasted sesame seeds. Keeps well in fridge. Sometimes I add some fresh lemon grass or lemon zest for a…
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500 days with MFP
Started on 170 kg - 375 pounds, lost so far 41 kg - about 90 pounds. Walking a short distance used to be difficult, now I can walk 3 to 4 hours a day and I walk every second day. Great support from MFP and all those encouraging members, thank you. Now I understand my "trigger food" - in my case bread: 2 large loaves at…
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Gone below 300 pounds.
Started 425 days ago on 375 pounds - this morning my weight dropped under the 300 pound marker. Thanks to MFP and all those supportive members. Weight loss - like weight gain - takes its time. Just listen to MFP, let them do the calculations, prepare a decent meal plan for yourself and take it day by day, meal by meal.…
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365 days ago...
One year ago I had a choice: to either do nothing about my extreme morbid obesity (170 kg, 375 pounds) - that would mean that now, a year later I would carry at least the same weight with me and chances were that I would be even heavier by now. OR TO JOIN MFP and get all that tremendous support from so many members. I…
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"Food stacking"
A recent post mentioned the term "food stacking". Can anyone please explain what it means / how it influences meal plans / calorie consumption etc? Thank you.
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small improvements
If it is not a little loss of weight, it might be that I move a bit better. Or that I fit into the pants I didn't wear since last century. Tried them on this morning and I can close them! And the shirt! But I don't think I will try and sit down in them.... not yet anyway. About 50 pounds down, 100 pounds or thereabouts to…
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extremely morbidly obese and walking as exercise
Started 6 months ago with 170 kg (375 pounds) - could barely walk a few hundred meters but continued to do my best since I didn't fit into / onto most gym equipment. By now I have lost about 25 kg (50 pounds) and continue to walk on average every second day. This morning I managed an hour and for this effort MFP calculated…
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Freezing all day
You might have a balmy summer in the Northern Hemisphere - but here, in Cape Town it is freezing cold - at least for those, who live here. Usually winters are 15 C, but currently we have snow on the mountains and during the night it is close to 0 C. I am watching my calories (150 kg, 330 pounds - averaging 1750 calories a…
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Small changes, happy days
As of today I have lost 17.5 kg (38 pounds) - that's about a quarter of what I have to lose. And my wedding ring fits again, I also nearly lost my swimming pants in the gym swimming pool today. I also fit onto 5 of the 15 gym circuit machines - getting there slowly.
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WHY, OH WHY ?!?
After 2 months of weight loss, nothing. I eat properly, I record everything on MFP. I do exercise, go to the gym. I read all supporting info on MFP. I double check the calories eaten, double check the weights of food, slowly getting used to portion control. Nothing. NOTHING for nearly 3 weeks. Than today - 2.5 kg ( 5.5…
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steamed vegetables / vegetable soup
We have a farmer's market nearby so I bought: carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, green beans, spinach, celery and cabbage. Cut it, sliced it a steamed it - first the more solid stuff, finally the spinach. Let it cool down and put individual portions into fridge and freezer. Ideal for a quick lunch with chicken etc.
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new member
Hi, my name is William and I am starting my weight loss program with myfitnesspal. Starting weight about 170 kg - 375 pounds. Have not found a scale to weigh myself, they usually go up to 150 kg - 330 pounds only. Years of depression (our dear son George Paul died shortly after birth) did not help either and the kg's piled…
